Humanities

HUMS 1000 Humanities through the Arts

Lecture/Lab/Credit Hours  4.5 - 0 - 4.5

Students explore the range of humanity's creative responses to the fundamental intellectual and artistic questions that have continually preoccupied reflective individuals.

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HUMS 1100 Classical Humanities

Lecture/Lab/Credit Hours  4.5 - 0 - 4.5

This course is a survey of the development of Western Civilization focusing on human accomplishments in painting, sculpture, architecture, music, literature, religion, and philosophy. It concentrates on the evolution of the western tradition during the classical period.

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HUMS 1110 Origins of the Humanities

Lecture/Lab/Credit Hours  4.5 - 0 - 4.5

This course explores the ancient non-Western cultures and societies that gave rise to Western civilization. Topics include art, literature, and philosophy in the ancient cultures of the Near East, Asia, and the Mediterranean.

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HUMS 1120 Humanities I: Medieval - Renaissance

Lecture/Lab/Credit Hours  4.5 - 0 - 4.5

This course is an interdisciplinary overview of the development of European culture focusing on human accomplishments in painting, sculpture, architecture, music, literature, religion, and philosophy. This course concentrates on the evolution of the Western civilization from the Medieval period through the Renaissance.

Prerequisites
None, but ENGL 1010 and 1020 are recommended prior to this class

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HUMS 1130 Humanities II: Modern World

Lecture/Lab/Credit Hours  4.5 - 0 - 4.5

This course is an interdisciplinary overview of the development of European culture focusing on human accomplishments in painting, sculpture, architecture, music, literature, religion, and philosophy from the Enlightenment through the present.

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HUMS 1140 Multi-Cultural Humanities I

Lecture/Lab/Credit Hours  4.5 - 0 - 4.5

This course is a comparative study of non-Western cultures focusing on human accomplishments in painting, sculpture, architecture, music, literature, religion, and philosophy. It addresses achievements of selected indigenous and non-indigenous cultures of the Americas.

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HUMS 1150 Multi-Cultural Humanities II

Lecture/Lab/Credit Hours  4.5 - 0 - 4.5

This course is a comparative study of non-Western cultures focusing on human accomplishments in painting, sculpture, architecture, music, literature, religion, and philosophy. It focuses on the past and contemporary cultural achievements of the people of the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

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HUMS 2310 Film History and Appreciation

Lecture/Lab/Credit Hours  4.5 - 0 - 4.5

This course explores the development of the film genre as an art form, an industry, and a system of representation and communication, as well as examining film theory and ideology. It covers how film works technically, stylistically, aesthetically, and culturally.

Prerequisites
(1) ENGL Level I; or HUMS 1000; or instructor approval

Course is offered On-line

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HUMS 2900 Special Topics in the Humanities

Lecture/Lab/Credit Hours  0 - 0 - 0

This course permits instruction in special content areas not included in other Humanities courses. Topics may expand upon the relationships between culture and the visual or performing arts and the investigation of non-Western cultures.

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